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[ragdoll13]

what the hell is up with netscrap? I mean... it won't display http://ragdoll13.diary-x.com properly. Dave ran it through a CSS validator, because he's sweet and sexay, and it said that "ff8c00" is an invalid color specification. It's ORANGE, dammit. Why is orange invalid?

Netscape sucks.

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[skreidle.livejournal.com]

Less specifically, how can any color designation between "#000000" and "#FFFFFF" be invalid?

Ummmm... it doesn't like orange?

[mjfgates.livejournal.com]

Did you leave the # sign off in the html code, too? That's the only thing I can possibly imagine being the problem-- that or something *really* wierd like typing "oh" instead of "zero".

[subbes]

Netscape 4 and below sometimes ignores the leading # in stylesheet colour designations, causing the colour to be invalid. it can also process the # as an actual part of the hex, meaning you lose the last number and end up with an icky colour.

As a general guide, try to stick to websafe colours and you should avoid this trouble if the # goes awry. That means f, c, 6, 9, 3 or 0 in your hex. It's an easy rule to stick to (even easier if you use Photoshop to get your hex colours or just experiment with different combinations until you find something that looks good) and avoids people with low colour depth taking a stick to you for having rubbish colours.